Final PIPA ranking result 'Best yearling with 7 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I, Châteauroux II, Argenton III, Châteauroux IV. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.

It has become an annual tradition for PIPA to organise a competition in which we give away a special pigeon. For this year's quiz the PIPA Elite Center came up with a great prize: a youngster from a full brother of Porsche 911, 5th Nat. Ace Pigeon KBDB Longer Middle Distance Yearlings 2015.

Jan Hooymans has found a promising successor for his current stock breeder Harry: breeding bird Harry Junior. He was still in his first year as a breeder when he bred four talented and very successful youngsters, two of which have won a highly coveted teletext prizes. Those are some remarkable results indeed; he is well on his way to following in the footsteps of his illustrious sire Harry and his half brother Beauty Harry.

Over the last few years, it became usual to find Albert Murez-Marichal on the podium of one or several national championships of the KBDB. After he added the title of 1st National Ace Pigeon small middle distance yearlings KBDB to his name in 2016, he continued his success thanks to his recent title of 1st National Champion middle distance KBDB 2017.

Our Pigeons For Life Auction takes place from 8th until 18th of December, the revenue of which goes entirely to a good cause. We will financially support four different charity organisations by selling eight pigeons with exclusive origins. One of those good causes is Vzw Boven De Wolken, an organisation that makes professional photo portraits for parents who lost their baby.

Final PIPA ranking result 'Best old bird with 7 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I, Châteauroux II, Argenton II, Bourges II, Châteauroux III, Argenton III, Châteauroux IV. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.

Our Pigeons For Life Auction takes place from 8th until 18th of December, the revenue of which goes entirely to a good cause. We will financially support four different charity organisations by selling eight pigeons with exclusive origins. One of those good causes is Vzw Zijn, an organisation that campaigns against domestic violence.

The pigeon sale of the entire breeding team of Pieter Veenstra, including two rounds of unflown youngsters of 2017, promises to be one of the major events of the 2017-2018 auction season. PIPA starts the new year with a bang.

Our Pigeons For Life Auction runs from 8th to 18th of December. We are selling eight pigeons with phenomenal pedigrees: they are bred from national ace pigeons and stock breeders from eight of the world's most renowned pigeon fanciers. This is a magnificent auction, the entire revenue of which will be donated to four good causes. This is your chance to show that fanciers have a big heart.

Trying to ingrain the exceptional qualities of world class pigeons into their existing breed, that has been the objective for Hugo Batenburg and Etienne Meirlaen’s joint breedings. And the results in both their lofts clearly show that they have achieved their goal.

Some things will never change: Bart Geerinckx wins a number of top prizes every single season, in individual races as well as in the championships. And he did it again in 2017: he won two national ace pigeon titles, and a few of his colleagues managed to win two national ace pigeon titles, and a national and four (inter)provincial first prizes.

2017 will go down in history as the year in which avian influenza restricted pigeon racing worldwide. To prevent fanciers from such future suffering, the international pigeon racing federation FCI organises a crowdfunding campaign which is to prove that racing pigeons are not susceptible to bird flu.